#85BDEB#85BDEB

#85BDEB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.088 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85BDEB
RGB	rgb(133, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(207, 72%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(207, 43%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -6.36, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 29.28, 257.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0386 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.088 244)
XYZ	xyz(42.8608, 47.3771, 85.4673)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85BDEB #EBB385

analogous

#85EBE6 #85BDEB #858AEB

triadic

#85BDEB #EB85BD #BDEB85

tetradic

#85BDEB #E685EB #EBB385 #8AEB85

square

#85BDEB #E685EB #EBB385 #8AEB85

split-complementary

#85BDEB #EB858A #EBE685

monochromatic

#2383D3 #50A1E2 #85BDEB #BAD9F4 #E5F1FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#85BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#85BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #85BDEB

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##85BDEB	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5CC8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.088 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add0f1',
    500: '#85bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85bdeb;
$custom-light: #add0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77672,
    "c": 0.08817,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.4738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85BDEB

secondary

#F2E4D9

accent

#6912D4

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F5F9FD

border

#CFD2D5

text

#111416

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #85BDEB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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